ponticus, Scophthalmus Ninni [E.] 1932:83 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 57 (no. 1); ref. 16385] Black Sea; Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Psetta maeotica (Pallas 1814) -- (Nielsen 1973:619 [ref. 6885]). •Synonym of Psetta maxima (Linnaeus 1758), subspecies maeotica (Pallas 1814) -- (Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1291 [ref. 13677], Evseenko 2003:S57 [ref. 28535]). •Synonym of Psetta maxima (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:148 [ref. 26753]). •Synonym of Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas 1814) -- (Parin et al. 2014:523 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas 1814). Scophthalmidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.